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Built-In Resilience, So Downtime Doesn't Become a Crisis
Outages and data loss aren't a question of if — they're a question of how ready you are. We design and manage disaster recovery solutions with defined recovery time and recovery point objectives, so your business can recover quickly and predictably when something goes wrong.
A Disaster Recovery Plan You've Never Tested Isn't a Plan
Most organizations have some form of backup. Far fewer have a disaster recovery plan that's actually been tested under realistic conditions — and the difference between the two only becomes obvious during an actual outage, which is the worst possible time to find out.
Real disaster recovery starts with knowing exactly how much downtime and data loss your business can tolerate, expressed as recovery time and recovery point objectives, not vague intentions. From there, we design a recovery architecture — automated backup, replication, and failover — built to hit those targets, and we test it regularly so “should work” becomes “does work.”
The goal isn't just having a plan. It's having confidence that when something does go wrong, recovery is fast, predictable, and doesn't depend on anyone improvising under pressure.
What a Disaster Recovery Engagement Covers
Every engagement is scoped to your risk tolerance and systems, but typically includes the following:
Business Impact Analysis & RTO/RPO Definition
- Identification of critical systems and their dependencies
- Business impact analysis to quantify cost of downtime per system
- Recovery Time Objective (RTO) and Recovery Point Objective (RPO) definition per workload
- Prioritization framework for recovery sequencing
DR Architecture Design & Failover Planning
- Recovery site architecture (cloud-to-cloud, on-prem-to-cloud, or multi-region)
- Failover and failback process design
- Network and DNS reconfiguration planning for failover events
- Documentation and runbooks for recovery execution
Automated Backup & Replication
- Automated, scheduled backup configuration
- Continuous or near-continuous data replication for critical systems
- Backup encryption and retention policy design
- Immutable backup options to protect against ransomware
Regular DR Testing & Validation
- Scheduled failover testing under realistic conditions
- Recovery time validation against defined RTOs
- Data integrity validation against defined RPOs
- Test result reporting and gap remediation
Incident Recovery Support
- Guided support during an actual disaster recovery event
- Post-incident review and plan refinement
- Runbook updates based on real-world lessons
- Ongoing plan maintenance as infrastructure changes
How We Get There
01
Assess
We identify critical systems and quantify the real business impact of downtime and data loss for each.
02
Define
We set specific, realistic RTOs and RPOs per workload, agreed with your business stakeholders, not just IT.
03
Design
We architect the backup, replication, and failover approach needed to meet those targets.
04
Test
We run scheduled failover tests under realistic conditions to confirm the plan actually works.
05
Refine
We update the plan based on test results and infrastructure changes, so it stays accurate over time.
When Disaster Recovery as a Service Makes Sense
- You have backups, but no tested plan for actually recovering from them
- Downtime for critical systems would have serious financial or reputational cost
- You've never run a failover test, or it's been years since the last one
- Compliance or industry regulations require a documented DR plan
- Ransomware and data integrity risks are a growing concern
- Your infrastructure has changed significantly since your DR plan was last updated
Outcomes
What You Walk Away With
- Defined, business-aligned RTOs and RPOs for critical systems
- A tested failover process that's been proven to work, not just documented
- Automated backup and replication running continuously in the background
- Clear runbooks your team can follow under pressure
- Confidence that recovery is fast and predictable, not improvised
Where This Connects
Disaster Recovery as a Service often works alongside these solutions to complete the picture:
Cloud Operations
Combine ongoing monitoring with resilience planning for full operational coverage.
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Hybrid Cloud
Use hybrid architecture as the foundation for a resilient recovery target.
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Security as a Service
Protect backups and recovery systems from the threats most likely to trigger a disaster.
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Common Questions
What's the difference between backup and disaster recovery?
Backup is having a copy of your data. Disaster recovery is the complete, tested process for restoring operations — including failover, network reconfiguration, and application recovery — within a defined timeframe. Backup is one component of DR, not the whole plan.
How often should we test our DR plan?
It depends on how frequently your infrastructure changes and your risk tolerance, but at minimum annually — and ideally more often for critical systems. A plan that isn't tested regularly can't be trusted when you actually need it.
What RTO and RPO should we target?
It depends entirely on the system and what downtime or data loss actually costs your business. We help quantify this during the business impact analysis rather than defaulting to a generic target.
Can DRaaS protect against ransomware specifically?
Yes — immutable, isolated backups are a core part of ransomware resilience, since they can't be encrypted or deleted by an attacker who's compromised your primary environment.
Ready to Know — Not Hope — That You Can Recover?
Start with a DR readiness assessment. We'll show you exactly where your current plan would hold up, and where it wouldn't.
Book a DR Readiness Assessment